Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 626 As long as you get back up, you'll always win.
interrogation room.

Chen Shu sat on the high interrogation table and subconsciously glanced at the surveillance camera above him, which was lit up with a blue light, indicating that it was working properly.

Then the gaze shifts downwards, landing on Yang Yang sitting on the tiger bench in the center of the room.

He coughed a few times, trying to make his voice sound more natural and even: "Tell me about your situation."

Yang Yang looked up, his gaze calmly meeting the other person's, just like the surface of the small pond in the northwest corner of the special police compound outside. Although there was a gentle breeze and the water shimmered, the calmness was unsettling.

"My name is Yang Yang, male, 23 years old, graduated from the Donghai Provincial Police Academy, and my current job is the public relations manager of A_PARRT, responsible for managing the lives and work of the ladies in Group C."

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“My supervisor is a female manager named Lily, who is responsible for distributing my salary and commissions. In addition to the base salary, I also get a commission for the girls under me who entertain customers. It’s 200 yuan for sitting at a hostess’ table and 400 yuan for going out with customers. Because I always get drunk and lose my phone, I simply have Lily transfer all my salary to my girlfriend.”

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"Xiaoling is my girlfriend, she's from Ontario, and she's 21 years old. She works in Group C at A_PARRT, and she's one of the girls working under me. Her job is to accompany the guests who come to the private rooms to drink and play games. Of course, I don't allow her to go out with other people. But maybe one day when I've had too much to drink, she'll sneak out with a guest."

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Chen Shu, who had prepared a lot to say, couldn't utter a sound at this moment and could only pretend to calmly stare at Yang Yang.

He couldn't even bring himself to say "why".

He was angry, yet unable to feel angry.

So many people are vying for Yang Yang's attention, going to great lengths to get him released. Even Chen Shu, a police officer who has always upheld justice, is ultimately swayed by his own selfish desire to atone for his past mistakes.

The result was futile.

A sense of powerlessness instantly overwhelmed Chen Shu, who sat high on the interrogation bench. For a moment, he could only escape by keeping a blank expression.

If we were to describe his feelings at this moment in words, perhaps those two words would be very fitting.

Ha ha.

Most of the choices people have in this world are illusions, the most deceptive of which is making people think they have a choice. But sometimes, once a decision is made, there isn't necessarily a right or wrong answer, but it will definitely be what you want.

I hope Yang Yang will never regret his choice in this lifetime.

Zhengming District Branch Office.

Director Ma sat behind his desk, leisurely eating his breakfast.

Breakfast is very simple but plentiful: two tea eggs, two fried dough sticks, a large bowl of sweet soy milk, and a dish of pickled vegetables. Just like the old saying goes, a hearty breakfast will keep you full all day.

Director Ma tore the fried dough sticks in half, dipped them in the sweet soy milk, and then ate them with the small dish of pickled vegetables. The tea eggs were saved for last. After peeling off the shells, the brownish-red eggs inside were salty with a hint of sweetness. These eggs, which had been simmering in the pot for a long time, had a special flavor.

When they had almost finished eating, Zhao Feifei, the head of the public security brigade, arrived.

Director Ma smiled and waved to her, inviting her to sit on his right. He then took a small bag of breakfast that he had specially set aside and pushed it over to her.

“I brought it from downstairs at home. I’ve been eating at this restaurant for almost ten years. The taste is so-so, but it’s clean and hygienic, so we feel safe eating here. Let’s eat first, and then we can talk business.”

After the meal, Zhao Feifei introduced the situation and progress of the A_PARTY case, including the entire management team currently detained in the SWAT team's detention room, as well as the three pairs of men and women found to be trading in a room at the Sunshine Hotel.

Zhao Feifei spoke with great enthusiasm, then subtly implied that she had handled the situation very cleanly, and no one would have noticed that the public security brigade was involved.

Everyone in the bureau knows that Zhao Feifei is working for Director Ma. If she, as the head of the public security brigade, suddenly appears in a case involving the Sunshine Hotel, outsiders will naturally connect her to Director Ma.

Such retaliation is far too childish; it only adds to one's own hatred and brings no benefit whatsoever. Director Ma has endured for so long; he won't be bothered by such trivial matters. If he were to lose his temper, he would be the one who dies of anger.

This deadly knife must be hidden in your bosom and used only when you get close. Taking it out too early will only make people more vigilant and their counterattack will be more fierce.

The original purpose of this operation was to target the "umbrella man" behind the Sunshine Hotel, who was two levels higher than Director Ma and usually put Director Ma in a difficult position. So this operation was a small test. If they could successfully make the other party suffer this hidden loss, the subsequent targeting would be like the waves on the riverbank, continuous and eventually breaking down the seemingly solid embankment.

After Zhao Feifei finished explaining the whole story, she looked up like a little girl waiting for her teacher's praise. Indeed, this man with the umbrella was a truly important figure; he could keep his former boss pinned down at the branch office and make the deputy director, a high-ranking official in the branch office, feel a tightness in his chest.

Right now, Zhao Feifei has finally gotten her revenge by handling this airtight case on behalf of her teacher, and she's also secretly leaked some information to the supervisory authorities. Although it won't be a fundamental blow to her position, it should still sting this "umbrella man" to some extent.

Zhao Feifei's smugness was indeed justified.

Director Ma looked at the policewoman in front of him, who was practically his apprentice, and said calmly, "The SWAT team listed the Public Security Brigade as the cooperating unit, and your name appeared in the 'Arrest Report'."

"what!"

Zhao Feifei was shocked and stood up abruptly. Her smugness was like a small ice cube under the blazing sun, melting quickly, revealing absolute disbelief beneath.

Having served as deputy director for so many years, Director Ma naturally has his own private connections.

Since he said it out loud, it must be true.

Zhao Feifei slumped back into her chair, muttering, "I clearly saw that girl type it into the computer, and I was waiting for her to click submit." After a moment, Zhao Feifei regained her composure, bowed her head, and apologized.

Director Ma, however, didn't seem to care. He personally peeled a tea egg for Zhao Feifei and handed it to her, saying, "Feifei, although things weren't handled perfectly, it won't matter even if that person finds out."

No problem?
He's your superior, how could he not be a problem?
The top position in the public security brigade cannot be held securely simply by relying on the support of superiors; it requires extremely high intelligence and emotional intelligence, both of which are indispensable.

Zhao Feifei pondered for a moment, then instantly realized: "Director Ma, you deliberately let that person know that our public security and special police have joined forces. It's already uncommon for the special police to lead anti-prostitution operations, and now the public security only sent one person without taking the lead, which seems like they don't take this operation very seriously."

"But this person isn't an ordinary police officer; he's the captain of the public security brigade! The contrasting movements—one light, one heavy—are even more unusual. The main event clearly lies in the behind-the-scenes actions of the two brigades. Everyone knows that behind the young deputy captain of the special police brigade is Executive Zhang, and behind the public security brigade is you, sir. Isn't this implying that the two of you have joined forces, aiming at..."

Director Ma nodded in satisfaction and smiled, "Okay."

After two days of continuous work, the large-scale prostitution case was finally handled smoothly. Afterwards, Chen Shu's phone remained quiet, and he did not receive any WeChat messages or phone calls from Zhao Feifei.

Perhaps they really were just there to watch. As a senior member of a large organization, it's normal for him to have some unusual habits.

Chen Shu rubbed his long-absent dark circles, thinking that he would have to sleep well all day when he got home, and he wouldn't even answer the phone from the Emperor himself.

He arranged for the other police officers working on the case to take turns working and resting in shifts. Although they could only get three or four hours of sleep during the investigation, they could at least snuggle up in their dorm rooms and doze off for half a day.

As the person in charge of the case, Chen Shu had absolutely no way to hand the case over to the other two leaders of the special police brigade, even if only temporarily.

Captain Li Da has been with the special police brigade since he joined the force. He is the kind of special police leader who is good at nothing but training. Deputy Instructor Xie Chi is nearing retirement. He has a wealth of experience in handling cases, but it is all based on his early days when he would beat suspects if they didn't talk.

Therefore, Chen Shu had no choice but to persevere to the end.

The case involved a large number of people, and the young special police officers had never handled such a large-scale criminal case before, so many problems arose at every moment. There were major loopholes in the characterization of the case, as well as minor flaws in the wording and sentence structure of the statements. Even the computer used for taking statements suddenly crashed, which required Chen Shu to step in and resolve.

After all, it's really hard to find anyone to come and repair things in the middle of the night.

Dozens of people worked around the clock for 48 hours without encountering any major problems, and the special police brigade successfully sent the people to the detention center and jail one after another.

However, after staying up for two nights, Chen Shu felt like he was about to collapse and couldn't take it anymore.

One night at four in the morning, after finishing a statement, he looked up at the red electronic information sheet in the interrogation room and his heart suddenly ached, and his chest felt tight and painful. At that moment, he was a little afraid that he would suddenly die.

To be honest, I'm a little confused. How long has it been since the SWAT team arrived? I've worked at the Zhongshan Police Station for so many years, and I've always handled cases the same way, but I've never felt this bad.

It may be just like the old saying goes: it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but too difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

When the group disbanded, Xu Chaofan made a special trip to Chen Shu's office to express his sincere gratitude.

Although Yang Yang was eventually sent to a detention center, Chen Shu could read relief in his eyes when they parted.

Xiaoling is more fortunate. Although she has also been sent to a detention center, she will most likely receive a suspended sentence, or even be released without prosecution.

Chen Shu actually disapproved of Yang Yang's "selfish and self-willed" behavior, but while waiting for Yang Yang to go to the detention center at the door of the detention room, he still slipped him a letter containing a passage that he had thought about for a long time in his office and wrote to him.

"Always remember, when fate knocks you down, never run away. You must muster the courage to get up again. Even if you are covered in mud, try to brush off the dust as easily as possible, and say with the most nonchalant expression, 'Best two out of three.'"

To be honest, it's a bit cringey.

Therefore, in order to maintain his senior's lofty image in the other party's eyes, Chen Shu wrote another passage on the back of the envelope that echoed the front:

"Then, there are three best-of-five games left."

"Of course, there's still best of seven."

"Then, there's a best-of-nine game, and so on."

"In the end, you will always win, as long as you can get back up again."

For someone like Yang Yang who is trapped in his own world, you need these kinds of childish words to reignite his spirit and pull him out of the pit he dug for himself.

Life is long; you shouldn't surrender so early.

It's that simple.

Chen Shu returned home yawning, truly exhausted. He hadn't even eaten dinner, and practically passed out the moment his head hit the pillow.

"As long as you get back up, you'll always win. That's life."

(The A_PARTY prostitution crackdown case, and the case of former police officer Yang Yang suspected of organizing prostitution, have concluded.)

The anti-prostitution case has finally come to an end, and Lao Xiong has a lot to say to his brothers, but after putting down his pen, he suddenly lost all his energy. Here's a brief mention: in this case, Chen Shu had his own selfish motives. He originally wanted to make up for his mistakes from years ago by getting Yang Yang released (his leniency back then led to Yang Yang's resignation).

Chen Shu's imperfections are also Lao Xiong's regret. If you guys want to criticize him, come at me. He's still young and has a long way to go.

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(End of this chapter)